Ancientness and Recentness

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Ancientness noun - The state of being something old.

Usage example: the ancientness of the papyrus was authenticated by carbon dating

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Recentness is an antonym for ancientness.

Recentness noun - The property of having happened or appeared not long ago.

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Ancientness is an antonym for recentness.

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Recentness and Ancientness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancientness/recentness

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